January 17, 2017 9 AM Update

Dark and gray are the best way to describe the conditions this morning. 27 degrees on our way up to the thirty-six. Rain possibly mixed in with some sleet later on today, although I think adverse conditions on the roads in the city should be limited.

Lots of interesting content to come on the blog this week. When I was sick I was able to fire up Quantum GIS and crank out some maps, plus I fed my political auto mapper some elections data. I almost have the updated  social media sharing plug in working on my blog which will improve the appearance of shared posts in many ways. 

The sun will set at 4:50 pm with dusk around 5:21 pm, which is 1 minute and 13 seconds later than yesterday. Today will have 9 hours and 29 minutes of daylight, an increase of 1 minute and 48 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will rain and sleet before 1am, then sleet between 1am and 2am, then rain after 2am. Low of 32 degrees at 12am. 18 degrees above normal. East wind 3 to 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New sleet accumulation of less than a half inch possible. In 2016, it got down to 15 degrees with periods of snow. The record low of -19 occurred back in 1957.

Looking ahead for our next Tuesday holiday, there are 4 weeks until Valentines Day when the sun will be setting at 5:27 pm with dusk at 5:55 pm. On that day in 2016, we had sunny skies and temperatures between 8 and -13 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 34 degrees. We hit a record high of 63 back in 1946.